The G5440LS Electromatic Hollow Body Long-Scale Bass is a stylishly seismic new Gretsch bass guitar armed with two powerful new “Black Top” Filter'Tronhumbucking bass pickups that endow it with an electrifying deep-end voice and identity.
Its single-cutaway hollow and bound body resonates with full bass tone and balance, and features sound-post bracing and elegant bound f holes. Other features include a maple neck, bound rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and hump-block pearloid inlays, three-position pickup switch, classic “G” arrow control knobs, rosewood-based four-saddle Adjusto-Matic bridge and “G”-cutout tailpiece.
Tech Specs:
- Model Name: G5440LSB Electromatic Hollow Body 34" Long Scale Bass, Rosewood Fingerboard, Orange
- Model Number: 2518000512
- MSRP: $1,299.00
- Series: Gretsch Electromatic Collection
- Color: Orange
- Build: Basses
- Cutaway :Single Cutaway
- Body: 5-Ply Maple
- Body: Shape Electromatic Bass
- Bracing: Sound Post
- Body Back: 5-Ply Arched Maple
- Body Top: 5-Ply Arched Maple
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
- Scale Length: 34" (864 mm)
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- Nut: Delrin
- Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
- Position Inlays: Hump-Block
- Headstock: Early '50s Gretsch
- Neck Plate: None
- Bridge Pickup: Blacktop Filter'Tron
- Neck Pickup: Blacktop Filter'Tron
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Pickup Configuration: FT/FT
- Bridge: Adjusto-Matic with Secured Rosewood Base
- Tuning Machines: Die-Cast
- Pickguard: None
- Control Knobs: G-Arrow
- Orientation: Right-Hand
- Strings: NPS, Gauges .045-.105
- Unique Features: Hump-Block Fret Board Inlays, Bound Body Top and Back, Bound Sound Holes, Bound Fingerboard, Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs, Adjustable Truss Rod, "G" Cutout Tailpiece
